NZPERF - Prizes

In addition to grants for specific projects, the Foundation sponsors summer studentships, an award for best conference presentation at the NZHPA conference and three best intern patient centred care assignments:

A prize of $500 is awarded for the best overall paper presented at the NZ Hospital Pharmacists' Association Conference. This paper is also awarded the Dr L Berry award. The 2017 winner was Chris Jay for his paper entitled:

“Improving Financial Access to Community Medicines for Patients in the Hutt Valley: A Collaborative Approach Between Health and Social Care”

Three awards of $500 each are made for the best patient-centred care assignments submitted as part of the Intern training programme. The award is made to the best hospital intern’s assignment and the two best community pharmacy intern’s assignments. These are judged by assessors who mark the intern’s assignments. The interns receive $500 each and are required to write an article that is published in the e-edge.

Intern prizes for 2017

Buster Thomas, a pharmacist from Porirua and latterly in his career Johnsonville, bequeathed funds from his estate to NZPERF to invest and apply the net proceeds to fund the establishment of a scholarship to be known as the Buster Thomas Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is to educate a student who is unable from his or her available resources to afford to attend Otago University to graduate as a pharmacist. This scholarship will be awarded every four years and provides $15,000 per annum for four years to cover fees and books plus accommodation in a hall of residence for 38 weeks per year.

The Buster Thomas Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Rosie Fahey from Tawa College, who will commence her studies at Otago University in 2018.